Meanings of minor planet names: 61001–62000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

61001–61100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

61101–61200

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61189 Ohsadaharu2000 NE29Sadaharu Oh (born 1940), a world-renowned professional baseball player with the world lifetime home run record (868).JPL · 61189
61190 Johnschutt2000 NF29John Schutt, American expert mountaineer and member of the yearly Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program †MPC · 61190
61195 Martinoli2000 OU2Piero Martinoli, Swiss professor of physics and leader of the superconductivity research group at the University of Neuchâtel † ‡MPC · 61195

61201–61300

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61208 Stonařov2000 OD8Stonařov, Moravia, Czech Republic (Stannern in German), where an eucrite meteorite fell on 1808 May 22, on the occasion of the fall's 200th anniversaryJPL · 61208

61301–61400

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61342 Lovejoy2000 PJ3Terry Lovejoy, Australian amateur astronomer and comet discovererJPL · 61342
61384 Arturoromer2000 QWArturo Romer, director of the association Electricità della Svizzera Italiana † ‡MPC · 61384
61386 Namikoshi2000 QT1Tokujiro Namikoshi, Japanese founder of Shiatsu therapy (massage by thumb)JPL · 61386
61400 Voxandreae2000 QM6Latin for "Voice of Andreae", in remembrance of Andreae Deman, American planetarium narrator at the Von Braun Astronomical Society in Huntsville, AlabamaJPL · 61400

61401–61500

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61401 Schiff2000 QQ6Leonard Isaac Schiff, 20th-century American theoretical physicist, whose ideas led to the Gravity Probe B experimentJPL · 61401
61402 Franciseveritt2000 QS6Francis Everitt, American physicist, principal investigator of the Gravity Probe B experimentJPL · 61402
61404 Očenášek2000 QM9Ludvík Očenášek (1872–1949), Czech aviation and rocket pioneer † ‡MPC · 61404
61444 Katokimiko2000 QB25Kimiko Kato (born 1934) is an amateur astronomer who is committed to education and public outreach regarding small solar system body impacts on Earth.JPL · 61444

61501–61600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

61601–61700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

61701–61800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

61801–61900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

61901–62000

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61912 Storrs2000 QC247Alex Storrs, American astronomer and professor at Towson State University, co-discoverer of the minor planet moons of 87 Sylvia, 107 Camilla, and othersJPL · 61912
61913 Lanning2000 QJ248Howard Lanning, 20th-century American astronomerJPL · 61913

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
60,001–61,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 61,001–62,000		 Succeeded by
62,001–63,000
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